California Law Threatens Iowa Egg Producers
October 14, 2014 | 1 min to read
The chicken comes before the egg according to U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller.
Iowa and five other states filed a lawsuit Oct. 2 to overturn the 2010 California law that requires eggs coming into the state to be from chickens held in larger cages. Mueller dismissed the lawsuit.
The California law, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2015, requires at least 116 square inches of space per chicken. That is slightly smaller than a standard sheet of legal paper. The industry standard is currently 67 square inches per chicken.
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